The sea and her famous sailors

An abridged edition of the author's Man upon the sea From the commencement of the Christian era to the application of the magnetic needle to European navigation, A.D. 1300 -- From the application of the magnetic needle to European navigation to the first voyage round the world under Magellan, 1...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goodrich, Frank B. (Frank Boott), 1826-1894
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: J. Hogg & Sons 1859
Subjects:
Discoveries in geography
Voyages and travels
Arctic
Newfoundland
Newfoundland studies
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/212824
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Summary:An abridged edition of the author's Man upon the sea From the commencement of the Christian era to the application of the magnetic needle to European navigation, A.D. 1300 -- From the application of the magnetic needle to European navigation to the first voyage round the world under Magellan, 1300-1519 -- From the first voyage round the world to the discovery of Cape Horn, 1519-1616 -- From the discovery of Cape Horn to the Arctic explorations, 1616-1854 Includes references to Newfoundland; Engraved title-page (with 7 portraits)

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